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'It didn't use to bug you'

DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.

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Irritrait

Created by: rikboyee

Pronunciation: ear-ee-trayt

Sentence: his babytalk was the irritrait that drove a wedge between them

Etymology: irritate, trait

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COMMENTS:

This perfectly describes the actions of the guy who sits in front of me who argues to an unseen somethingorother all day; a very annoying irritrait. - purpleartichokes, 2007-02-15: 18:56:00

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Vexappeal

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: vex ap peel

Sentence: Rodney's bad habits were finally starting to grate on Stephanie. His sex appeal had long since become a vexappeal for her. She should have known when he told her that his family motto was, "You can pick your nose, but n ot your relatives..."

Etymology: Vex (irk, annoy) & Appeal (attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates) Wordplay on Sex appeal (attractiveness to the opposite sex)

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Endearaffront

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: en-DEER-a-front

Sentence: Connie's neighing laugh had at first seemed endearing, but Jerry was so endearaffronted by it that he was planning to desert her.

Etymology: endear (attract) + affront (offense) + Ends here (it's all over as of now)

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COMMENTS:

petaj Better late than never - petaj, 2007-02-16: 02:12:00

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Vexitating

mrskellyscl

Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: vex-i-ta-ting

Sentence: Sam was the most vexitating man I ever knew. He had more bad habits than an alcoholic nun.

Etymology: vex: to cause annoyance by minor irritations + irritating: chafe; aggravating

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COMMENTS:

artr Lol. I\'ve known a few Sams too. - artr, 2009-09-09: 12:21:00

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Idiosyncrazy

Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: dry-vin-mee-NUTZ

Sentence: I swear, if Sheila develops one more friggin' idiosyncrazy involving unicorns, I am OUTTA there!

Etymology: idiosyncracy (little personal quirk) + crazy (not sane)

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Shidosyncrasy

Created by: Erik1

Pronunciation: Shid-e-o-syn-crow-see

Sentence: For shidosyncrasy the poison was in the dose.

Etymology: Shutdown (or perhaps another word) ;) + idiosyncrasy

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Idiotsyncrasy

Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: id eeeot sin kras ee

Sentence: she was amazed at how quickly his idiosyncrasies became idiotsyncrasies in the morning light,

Etymology: idiot + syncrasy

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Procrasstination

Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: Pro-crass-tin-ay-shun

Sentence: Sometimes procrastination occurs in older relationships when the initial "cute" factor wears off.

Etymology: Crass (gross) + Procrastination (Put off till later... as in later in the relationship)

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Teeheedious

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: tee/hee/dee/us

Sentence: At first it was charming when the new intern tee heed after every remark the Director said - now it is just teeheedious.

Etymology: Tee Hee + tedious

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COMMENTS:

hee-larious - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:56:00

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Relationslip

Created by: porsche

Pronunciation: ree/lay/shun/slip

Sentence: Playing air guitar every time he said something funny was cute at first but turned into a giant relationslip

Etymology: relationship + slip

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COMMENTS:

This is good and goofy! - wordmeister, 2007-02-15: 17:13:00

thanks wordmeister - porsche, 2007-02-16: 09:38:00

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Comments:

wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...

ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.